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Newspaper Page TextlIr,.rf!tvtCTe3an 1 n-rarv EXT COIOJ Medford Tribune FOOD ,W1IN SAVE THE WAR. VHEAT Forty-eighth Tear. Daily Thirteenth Tear. MEDFOJJD, OREGON, TJIL'KSDAY, .Il'LY 2.",, 1918 NO. 10r Ill ALLIED THRUST SEEKING TO PINCERS CLOSING ON ENEMY FRENCH AT F BRITISH APPROACHING EI1ES Allies Rapidly Continue Process of Ousting Germans From Marne Salient Americans and French Drive From West and British From East to Close Gap and Cut Off Retreat of Geramn Army Railroad Center Un der Allied Guns While Great Base of Supplies Is Endangered Des perate Counter Attacks Fail to Check Allied Progress. BY TUB ASSOCIATED PRKSS. pending on the Aisne-Marne-Hhelms make It appear that not only are the allies rapidly continuing the pro cess of ousting the Germans from their Marne salient but that a move ment Is forming to trap a goodly section of the German crown prince's army. Driving in on the. west, the French are now reported to have reached a point within three miles of the important road junction town of Fero En-Tardlnols, where eight roads over supplies conserve. On the easterly side of the salient British troops seem to have driven in a great distance toward FiBmes, Bouth of the Aisne. , It Is estimated that there are 400,000 Germans fighting within the tri angle hut the relentless pressure of triangle of the enehiy masses. LONDON', July 2". The Pall Xrall fliizplli', snys Unit rumors lire current Unit British troop linvo niiiile n grout iwlviuice in the ilireition of Fisnics, nliout midway between Khciius and Soissons. v It iti ulso reported Hint French forces luive advanced on another part of the Aisne-Marne salient mid thai die jinnies f t lie German crown prince have lieen placed in n position out of which extrication seems to lie impossible. Outflanking Knemy LONDON', July i'l. Hritisli mid French troops have advanced lo (lu eux and Merv I'remcev in Hie buttle sector just west of Hhcims, necoi-diii; tn information received here this af ternoon from the buttle front. The new line shows nil ndvanee of about two miles toward Fisnics. This (ruin when seen on the map is of evident imporlancc for it' prcatly narrows the salient created by the Germans in their drive last May. It no longer is proper lo speak of the pocket ns running from Soissons to Ithcims, for the newest advantage of (lie entente allies lias pulled Hie eastern ciltre of the pocket eight miles lo the weslwanl, milking Mery-Prc-mecv the marker lor the eastern rim. The mouth of Hie pocket is now only 21 miles wide and the whole dis trict between the two sides is under the range of entente allied guns. I Position I'ntenulilo ' FRENCH II EA HQ FARTERS IN FRANCE, July '.. The position of the enemy south of the Aisne has be come untenable. On the western side the enemy is fighting n desperate bat He, clcpendinir on machine trims to hold up the ullied advance. There is little left of the enemy nrtillery on this front. Nine divisions of reserves from the army of Crown Prince Iiupprceht and n division from the eastern end of the line have been rushed to the aid of the flcnuun crown prince be tween Soissons and Rheiins. Reu IT SAX AXTOXIO, Tex., July 2'. James L. Kliiyden, for the Inst 2'J years rejiresentative ill congress for the Fourteenth district and candidale for re-nomination for primaries Sat urday next, has withdrawn from Hit race, following publication yesterday afternoon of n telegram from Presi dent Wilson which said: "The administration in between candidates equally loynl never takes part, but in the liu-ht of Mr. Slnydeu's record no one cull claim he has jjiven Kiipport to the administration.'' ERE-EN-TARDENO S July 25. Illg developments are Im battle front. Unofficial reports which the Germans move troops and the real German base for the district the allies Is gradually emptying the ters correspondent wilh Hie Allien can troops in France declares the Americans may well hesitate to push more Ironps into the crowded salient seeinir (lie ililTicullv thev have of edinu: Ihose already there. German resistance on the southern sectors of the salient had been reduc ed to a mere shell, it is added. Muko Good Progress PARIS, July 2."!. News from Hie main baltlefront this afternoon was favorable lo the allies, who were re ported as coiitiuuiiiir to make good progress between Hie Onmi and the Marne. in spite of (he enemy's terrific resistance. It has been learned thai the Ger mans have received orders lo resist the allied advance at all costs. So heavy was the artillery fire on Ibe main Imtticfronf last night that l'aris auain could hear the boom of, """" I,,u ru'u", "'u u,,rl" """ Ibc cannon. , to the west of Itheims. i "South of Montdidier a surprise (ioniums iN'spcrato atlack allowed the French to capture WITH TIIK KUKXCII AiniV ,xMl"rly prisoners. KKAXl'K. .lulv 'J."..-(Xoon, bv Hie "" tho m,rl" ,,ank ot 11,0 Marl,e Assoeinled 1 'ress. )-TI,e flennnnsl1" ,lle reB'"n of mana the (icr- dcsperatclv counter attacked all around Ibe setnieircle of the Marne salient today. They met the most powerful resistance from the Krencb, Americans and Itritib. There were a few fliielutiliniis in Ihc tine but the allies held well, responding in Hie most vigorous manner lo every at tempt of the enemy to advance. fresh troops were thrown in by the allies to meet Hie enemy blow. On both winiis of the salient. Hie nrtillery duel was i( the most violent character, as the (lermans hail con centrated most of their otitis on their flanks. The entente allied forces north of Chateau Thierry are paying less at tention to running down machine iron nesls nnd lire uilvanciiur their whole line, small detachments hcine left lo clean up the enemy machine gun crews. WITH TIIK AMERICAN ARM I OS TUB MAIIN'K FRONT, July 2.V 1:30 p. m. (By the Associated Press). Franco-American troops this mornlns advanced their lines north of the river .Marne more stead ily. The Germans continued their retreating movement to tho north- (Continued on Page Six.) VIKNXA, July 25. Baron von Hunsarek, former minister of educa tion, has hwn appointed to the Aus trian premiership, In Riipresnlon to Dr. von Seydler, whopo cabinet re Binned recently. HUSSAREK APPOINTED 7 PREMIER OF AUSTRIA i wtvZ I V 4;!r This Is ft Itrltisli "yhipiK't" or Rtrpnjjth, has Inhmi hirndy omployotl PARIS, July 2 5. On tho north hank of tho Marne the Germans last' nlglit launched a counter attack in I the region of Dormans. The war of-j flee, in announcing this movement.! reports that the enemy temporarily occupied the little wood to the north of Trcloup and the villain t Chas- sino. Them posHlons, however, were rccaptureu uy uie r renin soon aucr ward. Violent artillery actions are report- I n,tt"8 1,,r,MB the lliKltt launched I stronK counter attacks. The enemy succeeded In occupying momentarily the little wood 1300 metres north of Treloiip nnd the vIIIhkcb of fhassins hut retiring to the nuKressivo our1 troops retook these two points a I short time later. "In the reslon of the Ourcn. and j west of Itheims there wero violent artillery actions. "There is iiolliinR further to re port." SAI.KM, Ore., .lulv -V lif-ar-i-of better priitcftinii ll::'t Iim- Iim-m etahli.-hcd lui izru'-tx w nn-liu'i - in Ircwnn, Stutf Iu-.nraiH'i- Cuiinni- m ri VT Harvi-v WdN h;i a')iroc tin- new tin' in iir:iiif, rah'- ti'cil Iiv tin Ori'u'un iii-iiraitci' r.ilillj linjil'l in;il;- inr i rnlnci icm nl' atnnt 'JO t cnit in nl) I'u-T-i wltcre lnultliiiL' mv nt exjm--C(l In luiunU. V:in-luni- u- 1 cxHiir-ivi'l y I'nr L'r.'in ;iinl ': ? . i : n -t'-r-imI in n w iin-iinu'-- itn nivi-ivil h the nilliii'.'. VANK REMOVES COAT: LONDON GETS SHOCK LONDON. July -j.V- Km-li-l. diern with tlu-ir cn;ts ht:1lnri"l rip I" their iMM-ki fl'intl nt-liii-f the i.thtr ilji y when iin Aftir-ri'-Jin ettr''(;:! Hlllkeil ditwil II !litHl Ivct w I'll lr jiit-ket over hi' nrm nuil in kii iki -.ervii-e hitt -hnwinu'. The'il I'i'H n nn Ihiii' like it. "JITNEY" TANK AID IN ALLIED DRIVE if 4 WW? Ik' x 11 y ' I. ( M i r4 ,4 " ? 1 . i "jitnry lank," of the type which, louiy ll Is Imilt tor nhc1 more (linn in thn l-'raiH'o-AiiH'rlrjui cmmlor-off fiit. SOLDIER KILLS MitWOH WTTH RIFLE SHOT "WITH Till! AM Kill CAN ARMY OX Till-: AIS.VK-MARNI3 FHONT, July (Uy the Associated i'ress.) An Amorlraii In a supply outfit lirot clown a Gorman aviator during the j ,,,,in,0:A, ,.,.,,, ,)frcnsIv0 , t ; s,llKson9 ,,y ,,. ,e enemv , k hea( wh a rif(i lmlle( ; (.ommis,,.in. vimna wer0 en route i to a site back of the lines when tho; i Centum swooped flown and atlacked jtho wation train with a machine mm, ! flyiiiK low. The younn soldier leaped 'from a wimon jis the eneuiy flier ,canio near and phot him. Tho nin- tlilno fell neiirhy. A Herman lieutenant and If men who were captured by the Americans were questioned conccniiiif; the rn niaindcr of the battalion. The offi cer replied : "Those IS lire nil that aro allvn." The lieutenant said the speed of thn Americana w;.s the biiiRest sur prise of his army experience. He said the Americans even outclassed tho Cermuns wh"ii the latter were attacking the Kasslans and added Hint ho was Klud to be a prisoner. I WASillM To. .Ii-Ty I 1 1 A MH TI lt.i; M ti ll-,- ::t:;,i-'.l : lir M .1 1 He !'ii' him in In i riW'Tii the ( i--n - I. i.-.Mr.l l,v Cn.f !- f'tiiiiiiimin'i'' 1nr m'A ."I tire w;tr ii! .l.llji'Ji'lltH-. Ai'M I X..M' p.-.,,. I; Ihc I'tH'MV -ii' In MM nin In nii't -. The "He. it- Atiieri'jiii ! M" t...';.r ''Sri ., ,! Mm "i in ! t'-n fl'fr . .l .!v -Jl, 1!)1M. I'eluri'ii the Ourcn ur trn.pw j.nitirinitt itl'jt'" wiin li re-nhfi in luiek 1 It" eri'irty. ("nelnili-ii ).i ji (frpdi - Th.-n iintli r." 1 t AT If ivy 5"? 4 J 001 ON SHE 111 KM INCH AM, KllKliind, July 2T. It was estimated that 1 00.000 mil nlllons workers were out on strike In the lllrmiimham district this mor n In K. Workers in a few factories de cided to remain at work pending tho outcome or negotiations which are proceeding today. I.()INIM).V, .lulv -The nrltlsh war cabinet has decided llft If the ! munitions sti iko continues tho strik- ers of military iik will bo draflcd promptly Into tho army according to an unofficial statement printed In niorniuK newspapers. Tho government remains firm in its refusal to withdraw the cmliarKO which ostensibly Is the causo of the sink. I Kveuts aro now awulliiiR the nat j Innnl conference of the delcRntcs of : the cuKiiieerlnK trniles, which It Is understood, meets at Leeds today. FIGHT ALLIES A MSTKIl l. M, July 2 ', The Hub--i;ni Ititl-hevlk government, says s ilispaich from Moscow to the Lokal Anzr-ljier ot Merlin, coiiHhlera the nti tlon taken by 1 ho entente powers in hinflin;; troop on tho Murinun const tain amount to a declaration of war. Tho Molrbevik Rovernment, the neMiapT arid, has unnounccd that it will take counter measures accor dingly. V ASM,' N( :fl'( , July 2 '. Pronl rlent Wilson hurt a lengthy confer-eii.-e with AeiliiK Setreiury Polk to- !;iy ut the Malo defiarlumnt. It wnB imhIci stood the Japanese reply to the Anmriian proposals for extendlnf! military aid to ItuKlu thru Siberia wai disctifH-'d, altho nffielalu declined lo say whether the reply had been received. RUBBER SMUGGLED OVER DUTCH BORDER AUTKIUi.Wl, .lulv -Despite ;il rll'urlH o the jiittliontie- to pre sent it, llie -.uiiiyt'liniJ of rubber into ( !''! mull V ettfl 1 It lie. Keeehtlv n tii;iiilitv vwi t'ound n n loeoturr iie bound into ienii-iii). mm 00 GERMS ALLIED TROOPS STEADILY POUND GERMANS BACK Strong Resistance Encountered and Overcome French, British and Americans All Make Steady Ad vanceSeverest Fighting of War Underway Tardcnois Endangered. BY TIIK ASSOCIATKI) PRESS, July 2.. Overcoming strong enemy resistance, (he allied troops maintain iheir progress on the RhoiniK-Sois-sons halllefield. Oenernl Koch's offensive enters upon its second week with the Cier- iiiuiis still hein-; forced hack. Extreme seventy murks tlio fililinjr. Goodly yains are IwiiiK made by the Preneh- Americnns between the Oureq nnd Ibe Marne and bv the British south west of Wbeims. v In desperate I'tcrht iui.' north of tlu1 Marne the German rear guards mo mentarily Kiiceeded in forein I ho re tirement of tbe allies from wood north of Trehmp and from ChussinK I'M rl her rasl. In u renewx'd, nllaek, however, (he (iennaiis jimnediately were driven back. Elsewhere, nlon the line (here have been heavy bom bardments. (ionium WHhdnnvnt As the days of heavy tV'htinj; con tinue it heecunes increasingly nppar ent thai tlie German retirement i: well under wav. This withdrawal is apparently heim: cniiilneted in an or derly manner, bem-j covered by such rem inard actions, as that at rre loup and Chassins. Along the line from Jaulgonne northwcl to Oubhy-Le-( bateau, (iit north of the Ourei) or even farther the allies have pressed ahead duriiu. the past iwo days. The Germans have been furred back along much of this line a distance of nearly three miles sinep Tuesday, North of the Onren the situation is obscure owing to the laek of de tails. It mav be said however, thai for the moment the line from Sois sons sou. Ih ward I 1 the Oureq has reached a stale of equilibrium audi this probably will continue until the allies bring up sufficient i're.-sh troops lo break Ibc line. 1 Itniding Openillonn The British have been conducting raiding operations in the I lelmterue sector and have repulsed German raids along the Amiens front, to the south. The enemy nrtillery has been active at Arras and Lens, vital points of the British line. The Kretieli have carried out raid ing operations south of Montdidier and have captured prisoners, Militar yobservers in Paris believe that the German command is prepar ing for n new blow auainsl llie allies in order lo coiinterbalanee t lie situa tion on the Khcims. Soissons front. losing in on Tardeiiols From llie west nlmnr 'be Oureq nnd from Ihc south the French and Americans are closing in on Fere-En-Tardetioi-, Mm- German base of sup plies. The otwn has been under vio lent shell fire for several days and the enemy has made vicious counter attacks, which nltlHMie.h partly sue. cess fill lemporarily finally were turned inlo advances for the French and American-, Not only has Epid been re taken by the Americans have advanced beyond t'onrpoil, five miles south of Fere, Between Courpoil and the Manic the French and Americans forests of f'eie ami Bis. Bridge heads along llie Marne have been ex tended, Bombs bv the hundreds are being dropped wilh good elleels on dumps and depots. American aviators brought down five German machines in combats north of the Marne Wed- nesda. Iteilin continues to report that all allied thrusts are being defeated. U.S.SUBMARINE FIRED UPON ALLIED American Diver of Latest Design Hit When It Emerges In Waters Near Where U-Boat Operated By Armed Allied Ship Whose Captain Mistook It for German Submarine. WASHINGTON, July 25. An American submarine of the latest de sign, has been fired on by an allied armed ship off the New England coast. The submarine was onlv lightly damaged and n naval tug in towing it to port. No one aboard tho submarine was injured. 1 Reports to the nnvv department today said the submarine which was cruising submerged, suddenly np- peured near the allied ship nnd tho lalter opened fire. The scene of the attack was not far from the waters in which a Ger man submarine recently appeared and when the American submersible came to the surface the captain of the allied , ship assumed that it wan an enemy vessel preparing; to attack him. , ; Only one shot hit the submarino which then quickly Hindu known its identity. The shell struck near tho conning tower, denting several plutes. It was announced .that tho vessel could soon be repaired. The navy department later issued make known the identity. of either tho submarine or the allied ship nor was it announced whether the latter was a cruiser or a transport. The navy department later issued this formal statement : ''The navy department ih informed that a I'nited States submarine was fired on by mistake by an armed merchant vessel on July off tho American coast. One shell penetrat ed the outer hull of the submarine but flid not explode. No material injury was done, only a small section of shell plating being damaged. No ono was injured and the submarine pro ceeded to her base under her own power." NEW OFFENSIVE AGAINST ITALY WASHINGTON, July A new offensive against Italy by German and Austrian divisions commanded I by a German general has been deter mined upon by the Central Powers, according to information reaching the Italian high command. An official dispatch from Italy today said Ger man troops for the offensive already, had arrived in Austria. The German divisions are to be mixed with Austrian divisions nnd form an entirely new army, tho in formation dischic. Rome official dispatches also de clare the Austrian supreme command ! has decided to take measures to pre vent a further advance of the French and Italian troops in the vicinity of Herat. GOLD TRINKTTS USED FOR TEETH PLATES LONDON, July 2 -The shortage of gold throughout England is caus ing many people under tho ease of deidis to have their small gold trinkets beaten inlo teeth plates. Papal Nuncio to China. HOME, July li.).- Pope Benedict has appointed the Most Rev. Joseph lYtrclli apostolic delegate to the Philippine Ulamt as papal nuncio to China.